Rein attachment



fully hereinafter described and claimed.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. BUELL, OF DUFF, NEBRASKA.

REIN ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part/of Letters Patent No. 492,978, dated March 7,1893.

Applio ation filed October 31, 1892.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. BUELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dufi, in the county of Rock and State of Nebraska, haveinvented a new and useful Rein Attachment, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in harness andespecially in the manner of applying the driving reins to three horsesplaced abreast with each other, and it consists of the construction andarrangement of the parts thereof, as will be more The object of thisinvention is to so arrange the driving reins in connection with threehorses or animals, as to economize material employed and to lessen thenumber of reins, and at the same time effectually attain the desiredresult.

In the drawings:-Figure l is a plan view or diagram showing the mannerof applying the reins in the improved manner. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the front portion of the arrangement of parts, as shown in Fig.1.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in both the figures.

Referring to the drawings, the numerals 1, 2 and 3 represent harnesssaddles or back bands supplied with terret rings, or any other necessarydevices will be provided in connection with said parts, as may be founddesirable and well known in the art. Three bits 5, 6 and 7 are employedand provided with rings 8, and to the outer ring of each of the bits 5and 6 is attached a snap hook 9 carried by the front ends of the mainreins 10, which pass through the outermost terrets 4, of the harnesssaddles or back bands 1 and 2, and from thence extend backward to thevehicle or at a suitable distance in rear of the said harness saddles orback bands for engagement by the driver. The rear ends of supplementalreins 11 are adjustably connected to the main reins 10, as at 12, backof the said harness saddles or back bands, and extend forwardly throughthe inner terrets 4, of the harness saddles 'or back bands 1 and 2, andhave snap hooks 13 on their front ends, adapted to engage the two rings8, of the central bit 7. The snap hooks 14 on the front ends of straps15, are connected to the inner rings 8, of the bits 5 and 6, and theinner ends of said straps are secured to the sup- Serial No. 450,540.(No model.)

plemental reins 11 by means of clasps or other suitable connectingdevices 16. The said straps 16 are crossed under the neck of the centralanimal. The middle harness saddle or back band 3 does not have theterrets 4 engaged, as such engagement would not be necessary owing tothe fact that the central animal would be guided by the supplementalreins 11, which are secured to the main reins 10, and there being noreins to pass through the said harness saddle or back band 3 byengagement with the terrets thereof, the latter harness saddle or backband would be used solely for supporting the remaining parts of theharness on the central or middle animal. When tension is exerted on theleft hand main rein 10 to turn the animal to the left, the same istransmitted through the left hand supplemental rein 11, of the bit 7,and through the right hand strap 15, to the left hand ring 8 of the bit6. When tension is applied to the right hand main rein 10, the reverseparts connected thereto are operated, as will readily be seen.

The essential advantage of this device provides in bringing the animalsabreast with each other and thereby causing the same to pull with equalpower upon the traces, as will be readily apparentand also to centralizethe draft and cause an equal distribution of the same.

The device has many advantages, as will appear from time to time by theuse of the same, and as will be readily apparent to those skilled in theart.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- In adevice of the character set forth, the combination of the main reinshaving supplemental reins attached thereto, a pair of outer bits to theouter ends of which said main reins are connected, an inner bit to theopposite sides of which the free ends of said supplemental reins aresecured, and crossed straps attached at their rear ends to the saidsupplemental reins and at their outer ends to the inner ends of saidouter bits, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses. I

BENJAMIN F. BUELL.

Witnesses:

G. A. SMITH, S. H. KYNER.

